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AUSTIN — Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson reminded all eligible Texas voters to make sure they are registered to vote by Thursday, April 6, to vote in the Saturday, May 6, city and school board elections across the state.

Fort Bend County commissioners will vote Tuesday on whether to spend more than $4.7 million on 15 ambulances from Rush Truck Center using the Certificates of Obligation bond fund.

The Houston Humane Society, one of the region’s largest nonprofit organizations dedicated to animal welfare have successfully rescued more than 30 livestock in an animal cruelty case with the assistance of the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office Livestock Unit and the Fort Bend County Attorney…

Richmond City Commission approved an Engineering Services contract with Prime Controls, Inc. in the amount of $154,859 for SCADA HMI software conversions for the city’s surface water and groundwater plants, regional wastewater plant and lift stations.

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Richmond) was named chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, putting the former Fort Bend County Sheriff in a key position in a subcommittee with jurisdiction over the economic and safety regula…

Jack Crown, 4, of Richmond, was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy when he was only 5 months old. SMA is a disease in which the body lacks the proteins to make muscles grow — including the muscles needed to breath, walk and talk.

A discrepancy in Robert Allen Satterfield’s testimony was highlighted as soon as Texas Ranger David Chauvin began his third full day of testimony in the capital murder trial Tuesday.

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott announced 152 Jobs and Education for Texans grants totaling over $54 million have been awarded by the Texas Workforce Commission to public community, state, and technical colleges, school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools across the state.

Capitol Highlights

by Gary Borders

The death of a Leander High School graduate from a fentanyl overdose has prompted state Rep. Terry Wilson, R-Georgetown, to file a bill that would require 10 hours of education annually concerning the dangers of the drug to students in sixth grade and up, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Texas once again has topped the list for new and expanded corporate facilities added in a year, according to Site Selection Magazine. With 1,028 new projects in 2022, the state had more than the next two states combined – Illinois and Ohio.

Texas once again has topped the list for new and expanded corporate facilities added in a year, according to Site Selection Magazine. With 1,028 new projects in 2022, the state had more than the next two states combined – Illinois and Ohio.

Gov. Greg Abbott has created a statewide task force after several “street takeovers” recently took place in Austin in which motorists obstructed intersections, shot off fireworks and drove recklessly.